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Fourth ranked Paladins defeat App State

[caption id="attachment_27762" align="alignright" width="260"] Thomas Trankle soars for a line out. (Photo by Deborah Miller)[/caption] Furman captured the Western Division of the Southern Rugby Conference (SRC) and extended its record to 8-0 with a 27-7...

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Sustainability in action

For Jenni Asman ’11, a career in sustainability was far from her original intention. The current program manager for sustainability at Georgia State University started off as a neuroscience major at Furman University, but quickly...

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MLL Faculty Present Research at MIFLC

Nine Members of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures presented their research at the 66th Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. October 13-15, 2016. David Bost, Ron Friis,...

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Furman Board of Trustees Welcomes New Members

The Furman University Board of Trustees welcomed six new members to the board during its fall meeting Saturday, Oct. 15. The new trustees are Yendelela Neely Anderson of Atlanta, Ga., Carl Kohrt of Salem, James...

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Furman cadets receive top honors from U.S. Army Cadet Command

U.S. Army Cadet Command recently announced that four students from Furman University had been selected as Distinguished Military Graduates and two selected as top 10 percent for the graduating Class of 2017 from across the...

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Not Without a Fight

Last week, the university announced that The Duke Endowment is providing $47 million in grants to support ‘The Furman Advantage,’ a new vision to transform the student experience and redefine a liberal arts and sciences...

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“Red Team vs. Blue Team” in American Politics

With only three weeks remaining until the presidential election, the political rhetoric is getting more heated every day.  Furman political science professor David Fleming will discuss how political polarization is affecting the race for President...

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An Ambitious Campus Project

Furman’s new $1.7 million solar farm is expected to reduce the university’s electricity costs by up to 5 percent and greenhouse gas emissions by 3 percent. It will also bring the university’s solar power production...

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The Recruits

When Dave Ellison ’72 and Steve Grant ’80 began building a Northwestern Mutual office nearly four decades ago in Greenville, the first and most important task was finding employees with the drive and confidence to...

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University to Host SC Congressional Candidates Oct. 24

Furman University will host a conversation with four South Carolina Congressional candidates Monday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Watkins Room of the Trone Student Center. The event will feature Rep. Trey Gowdy (R)...

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